Lidded box with inlaid metal plate on the lid depicting a kingfisher looking for its prey

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.:	53.383.1.1-2
Type:	object for daily use; metalwork
Artist/Maker:	Atsuyoshi Miyabe
Date of production:	C. 1910 Meiji era
Place of production:	Kyoto, Japan

Signed:	Signed: Dai Nihon Kyoto jū Ikkōdō Miyabe Atsuyoshi and kakihan /大日本京都住一光堂宮部篤良 (Made by Miyabe Atsuyoshi from Ikkodo, Kyoto, the Great Japanese Empire)
Materials/Techniques:	wood, bronze, silver, gilt
Dimensions:	height: 5.5 cm; width: 10.2 cm; depth: 14.7 cm

Purchased at the Japan–British Exhibition in London, 1910 (HMI_227/1953)
Analogies:
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5416221
https://steveslyjapaneseart.com/product/large-japanese-bronze-mixed-metal-vase-miyabe-atsuyoshi/ (with photo of artist’s mark)

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